Corn-silking machine.



No. 781,616, PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905. J. P. OWENS 6; G. COOPER.

CORN SILKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1904.

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florneya No.:781,616. I Patented January 31, 1905.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH P. OlVENS, OF LEBANON, AND GEORGE COOPER, OF SOUTH LEBANON, OHIO.

OORN-SILKlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 1,616, dated January31, 1905.

Application filed November 21, 1904. Serial No. 233,755.

1'15 'Z/ 1501110677" shaft. These radial arms carry bars 1',

Be it known that we, Josnrn P. Ownxs, a adapted to slidealongthen-length. They are resident of Lebanon, and GEORGE Ooori-m, apreferably coated with a smooth glossy materesident of South Lebanon, inthe county of rial --such as brass, for example which will J lV-arrenand State of Ohio, citizens of the enable them to readilyslide throughthe corn.

UnitedStates, have invcntedacertain new and At the opposite ends of theshaft O spiders useful Improvement in Corn Silking Ma- Z' are rigidlysecured. The arms of said spichines, of which the following is a full,clear, ders are slotted, and the bars are turned and exactdescription,reference being had to down so as to project through the slots in the IQthe accompanying drawings, which form a arms of said spiders. The innersurfaces of part of our specification. the ends of the drums areprovided with an Our invention relates toa machine by which annulargroove eccentrically placed, and the the silks are removed from cornwhich has ends I of the bars z' projectintosaidgrooves. been cut fromthe cob in preparation for can- It is thus apparent that as the shaft Ois ro- 5 ning or other uses. tated, and with it the radial arms l), thebars '1;

The object of our invention is to produce will travel radially to andfrom the shaft C, 5 such a machine of simple and mechanical consaidmovement being controlled by the slots struction with improved means forinsuring on the spider 7.: and the eccentrically-placed the completeseparation of the silks from the annular grooves I at the ends of thedrums. 2O corn grains. The radialarmsthuspassingthroughthegrains Theadvantages of our improved machine of corn gather or comb the silks fromthe 7 will appear as we proceed with our specificagrains, and the barsstrip the silks from said tion. 'radial arms and carry them outwardlytoward In the drawings, Figure 1 is a slde elevation the outer peripheryof the drum. 5 of our improved machine wlth part of the A rotarybrushJ,carried on a shafto, which drum broken away to show the internalarextends the length of the opening I) in the rangement. Fig. 2 is averticalsection of Fig. drum A, is suitably supported in bearings O 1along the line 2 2 looking at it in the direcat the ends of the drum A.This brush is artion of the arrow. Fig. 3 is another vertical ranged toturn in a direction opposite to that 3 section along the line 3 3 withthe mechanism in which the shaft O rotates, and the moveinaslightly-different position, as will be dements of the parts are sorelated that a bar 5 8O scribed later. will arrive at the limit of itsoutward move- Our improved machine consists of a long ment just as itreaches the brush, the brush cylindrical drum A, closed at the ends,with thus in its rotation scraping off from the bar 35 an opening D atone side near the top extendthe collected silks, which fall into thetrough ing throughout its length, to the lower edge D. (See Fig. 3.) 5of which is secured atrough D to receive the The shaft O is driven bythe pulley n inany silks that are removed from the corn, as willconvenient manner, and this shaft by means appear later. At one end ofthe drum is carof a belt 11 reversed causes the shaft 0 to 1'0- 4 ried ahopper A upon supports (1. by means tate in the opposite direction. AlJLlts, with of arms 7), which are pivoted, respectively, at pulleys fand 1/, respectively, on shafts o and 9 opposite ends to the supports at(Z and to the f, causes the rotation of the shaft hopper at a. Thehopper opens into the drum The shaft (J is provided with blades //1,which A and is adapted to be shaken by means of an arc segments of aworm-blade. The rotation 45 eccentric c, secured to a shaft f. of theshaft through these blades thus causes A shaft O is supported inbearings at oppoi the corn to be pushed or fed from one end of site endsof the drum A and carries radial the drum A to the other, said drumbeing proarms b arranged 1n rows, preferably three, vlded with anopening F at the bottom at that at equal distances throughout the lengthof the end opposite where the hopper is located, from Which the cornfalls after the silks have been bars one for each roW, adapted to travellengthremoved. the grains of corn are thus Worked upon again and againby said arms and the removal of the silk thereby insured. At the sametime the silk is removed after each operation of the bars c', beingtaken completely from the drum, and thorough cleaning of the grains ofcorn from the silk is secured.

WVe do not Wish to limit ourselves to the particular mechanicalarrangementshown and described; but

What We do Wish to claim as our invention, and secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a corn-silking machine, in combination With a drum, openings, atopposite ends to receive and discharge the corn, and means for conveyingthe corn from end to end of said drum, a rotating shaft, combing-armscarried thereby, stripper bars adapted to travel longitudinally of saidcombing-arms, means for removing the silks from said stripper-bars Whenat the outer limit of their movement, and mechanism for operating thesame, substantially as described.

2. In a corn-silking machine, in combination With the drum, the hopperlocated at one end at the top, and discharge-opening located at theother end at the bottom, and means for conveying the corn from one endto the other of said drum, a rotating shaft, combing-arms arranged inrows carried thereby, stripper- There being a number of arms /L,'

Wise of said combing-arms, a rotating brush located Without the drumadapted to brush off the silks from the stripper-bar, When the same isat the outer limit of its movement, and mechanism for operating theparts in the manner described.

3. In acorn-silking machine, adrum, a hopper located above one end ofthe same, a discharge-opening at the other end, a longitudinal openinginthe periphery of the drum With a trough at the lower edge thereof, arotating shaft having bearing in said drum, a series of combing-arms inrows secured to said shaft, stripper bars extending lengthwise of thedrum and adapted to slide on said combingarms, radial slotted spiderssecured to said shaft at opposite ends of the same, said stripper-barshaving bearing in the slots of said spiders, eccentrically-displacedannular grooves on the inner faces of the ends of the drum re ceivingthe ends of the stripper-bars, conveyerblades secured to said shaft, arotary brush extending the length of the drum and located above theopening in said drum, and mechanism for operating the parts in themanner described.

JOSEPH P. O\VENS. GEORGE COOPER. \Vitnesses:

CLARENCE E. MEHLHOPE, Josnrn R. ROIIRER.

